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ICLEI World Congress 2018 is hosted by the Ville de Montréal and organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the leading global network of more than 1,500 cities, towns and regions committed to building a sustainable future.

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The Outremont yards

The Ville de Montréal and the University of Montréal are working closely together to transform and redefine the former Outremont yard. Connecting four Montréal boroughs, the Outremont Site promises to be a creative and innovative living environment, both urban and green, where students, researchers, workers, artists and citizens can meet.

The project involves the creation of the future complex of science and engineering, which includes teaching and research labs. Additionally, about 1,300 housing units, 30 percent of which will be affordable and social housing will be built together with a new service yard. More than 4 hectares of parks and other public spaces will also be developed to meet the current and future needs of residents and visitors. The two partners believe that this project can be an opportunity to redefine a vast and ideally localized but abandoned industrial field, while reinforcing Montréal's role as a "city of knowledge" and promoting the revitalization of the surrounding sectors.

Source: Ville de Montréal

Photo credit: Theatre Outremont by Riba is licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0.

The Saint-Michel Environmental Complex

A multifunctional and unique innovation center

Located in the heart of the residential district of Saint-Michel, this former limestone quarry was used to be a landfill of 40 million tonnes of waste. Nowadays, it has been transformed into a complex of environmental technology, which gathers industries related to the environment, commercial businesses, cultural venues and sport institutions around Frédéric-Back Park.

The transformation of this park represents one of the most ambitious environmental restoration projects ever undertaken in urban areas in North America. Ultimately, the park will offer a diverse range of activities and will be an ever-growing experimental laboratory focused on creativity, innovation and knowledge sharing related to environmental technology.

Source: Ville de Montréal

Quartier des spectacles

Enjoy 1 square km of Montréal's emotions and cultural diversity.

Located in the city-center of Montréal, the “Quartier des spectacles”, is its cultural beating heart. There it is possible to find the highest concentration and greatest diversity of cultural sites in North America.

All seasons, day and night, Montrealers and visitors flock to the the Quartier, seduced and fascinated by its 80 venues, 8 lively public places and no less than 40 festivals. During their visit, they discover its creative spirit emphasised by all the excitement of the neighborhood and reflected by the vitality of this unique destination, where not a single day goes by without cultural activities.

With a history of more than 100 years, the “Quartier des spectacles” has always been a favorite harbor for culture and entertainment in Montreal and in 2003, the Quartier was formally recognized and organized with the creation of the “Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles”. Since then, the Quartier has its own visual identity and a shared vision: live, transform, engage and be entertained in the city center.